SPORTS BRIEFING | BASEBALL; Johnson To Advise Nationals

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: November 19, 2009

The Washington Nationals hired the former major league manager Davey Johnson as a senior adviser. Johnson, 66, will work with General Manager Mike Rizzo for a team that led the majors with 103 losses last season.

Johnson, who guided the Mets to the 1986 World Series title, is on the current ballot for the Hall of Fame as a manager and will find out next month if he has been elected by the Veterans Committee. He guided the United States team to the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic last spring.